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In these terms and conditions, the parties agree on the definition of the following terms, whether in singular or in plural:
"Application": service created by the Client through VoxSprout and made available to the public for download from a platform such as Appstore®, GooglePlay® and its derivative or any intranet platform.
"Author": any person drafting or publishing on the Internet, more specifically on the Application.
"Blog": Internet Web site enabling the publishing of content and the drafting of commentaries by the readers with an Internet diffusion.
"Client": any corporate body or physical person subscribing to the present Contract.
"Access codes": username/password used together or separately to identify oneself and access the VoxSprout Service. The access codes are part of the user account.
"Order": online subscription of the Service.
"Data": files and information of any kind (text, picture, sound, video, etc.) under the Client's responsibility and dropped on the servers operated by VoxSprout or any subcontractor.
"VoxSprout": refers to the editor of the website www.VoxSprout.com and service provider as defined in the legal notice. VoxSprout is a Pixel Flavor LLC company. All legal references to VoxSprout are referencing the legal entity Pixel Flavor LLC.
"Guest": any person being invited by a User of the VoxSprout Service to drop comments or publish as an Author, under the Client's responsibility.
"Service": bunch of services made available by VoxSprout and consisting mainly in the release of tools (depending on the offer aimed at creating mobile applications for smartphones.
"User": any physical person having an account allowing to access, even for free, to an application powered by VoxSprout, under the Client's responsibility.
The Client acknowledges having checked that the Service matches its needs and having received from VoxSprout any necessary information or advice to subscribe to this Contract.
The purpose of the Contract is to define the technical and financial conditions in which VoxSprout commits itself with the Client.
The present terms and conditions, along with appendices if necessary, apply on any Order.
VoxSprout provides a service composed of tools enabling the User to create its own Applications whether from an existing blog, website or from scratch. The Application allows for publishing content. The use of the Service is submitted to the present general terms and conditions which apply to the Users, Authors and Guests as well.
The Services made available by VoxSprout for free, in particular during the free 30 day trial period or during any other period of time depending on a promotional offer, are likewise submitted to the hereunder Contract.
VoxSprout may modify or update these general terms and conditions. The Client, the User must regularly check the page "Terms of Services" where the latest applicable version is published.
The Users must be of age or legally recognized as such.
VoxSprout provides an online Service of Applications and content's publication. The VoxSprout Service enables the Client to create its Application and publish it through any relevant online store.
The Service includes as well functionalities enabling the Users to update the Application and the related content.
The Guests can also update their data as much as they want to.
These Applications must not only meet VoxSprout pre-requisites but also the ones of the relevant Application store. The period of time required for the publication of an Application on such store may vary from one store to another. The Client is warned that a store, and especially Apple® or Google® and its derivative, may not publish an Application not meeting its own technical criteria or violating its own applicable general terms and conditions. VoxSprout cannot be held responsible for such mishap. The Client is warned he or she has to comply with such applicable conditions that may regulate the type of disclosed content as well.
VoxSprout does not warrant the lifespan or the optimization of the Service for a said Internet browser nor for an operating system. VoxSprout doesn't warrant the compatibility between an Application when such operating system and/or browser is upgraded.
The number, the type, the accessibility of the proposed functionalities depends on the chosen offer and the status of the User (administrator, Author or Guest).
A detailed description of the offers are available at this address: http://www.VoxSprout.com/pricing/.
The Services doesn't include the training of the Client to the tools made available, the Client must have a minimum of technical skills.
Any new functionality, whatever kind, related to an offer will be automatically submitted to the hereunder general terms and conditions, except if stated otherwise.
The use of the Service requires the Client/User to subscribe to an internet connection with proper hardware whose costs are independent from the VoxSprout Service. Besides, in order to build an Application with VoxSprout, the Client may have to open at his own expense an account in an online Application store and subscribe to the developer account.
As part of the use of the Service, VoxSprout may send the User a certain amount of information (newsletters, administrative mail, etc.). This information is part of the subscription to the Service, a User cannot refuse it.
The User undertakes not to access the Service other than using the appropriate interfaces designed for it.
The Service being basically an online application, VoxSprout may occasionally need to send to the Users important announcements concerning its operating conditions.
To become a User, the subscription process must be fully completed.
Valid billing information, a permanent and valid E-mail address and a certain number of other subscription information must be communicated.
The User must define himself a username, a password and a name for the Application.
Each Guest shall likewise fill in such identification form to be able to act on the Application.
By using the Service, the Client undertakes to:
- Provide true, accurate, up-to-date and complete information during the subscription process;
- Regularly update the subscription and, when required, credit card information so that it remains true, accurate, up-to-date and complete.
If a User enrolls for a 30 day free trial, or any other promotional offer, he or she must comply with the subscription steps.
WARNING: Hotmail, Yahoo! and Gmail webmail services may have anti-spam filters that may block E-mails sent by VoxSprout (renewal reminders, maintenance mails). The Client is invited to take this into account when he or she mentions his or her up-to-date mail.
The username AND the password created by the User allow him or her to have direct access to his or her account once the subscription process is completed.
CAUTION: the Users are responsible for all actions occurring on their account with their username.
The User undertakes to:
- Contact VoxSprout immediately in the case of an abusive use of the user's password or the account in the case of any security breach ;
- Make sure he/she has properly left the account at the end of each session through the log out link.
VoxSprout cannot be held responsible on any ground for any loss or damage related to a User's error.
The Services are purported to be perfectly delivered after subscription from the Client's first access to the VoxSprout website. VoxSprout makes available to the Client tools for the building of its Application. The Client develops the Application on its own. Except separate estimate subject to proper legal conditions, at no time and no way shall VoxSprout provide the Client with a bespoke, ready-to-use Application requiring specific developments.
VoxSprout undertakes to bring full care and due diligence to the supply of a quality Service pursuant to the profession standards and the state of the art. VoxSprout's obligations are performed on a "best effort" basis.
If the Client subscribes to the additional platform publication Service, VoxSprout's shall act on behalf of the Client. The platform general terms and conditions apply and the Client agrees to hold VoxSprout harmless from all claims and actions resulting from illegal usage of the Application.
7.1 Exclusion of responsibility
7.1.1 Technical access to the Service
The Service relies on complex technologies accessible via the Internet network that the Client recognizes as being open and heterogeneous for it is based on third party technology.
VoxSprout denies any kind of responsibility in case of a potential damage which may result from the unavailability of the Service or a problem of connection to the Service.
7.1.2 Published information and Data
The information and messages published by the Users are their exclusive responsibility.
VoxSprout cannot be held responsible for fake announcements made by a Client, User or Guest. Likewise, VoxSprout cannot be held responsible if the Client's, User's, or Guest's published information at the day of the subscription are no longer valid. Additionally, VoxSprout cannot be held responsible for the malevolent use of the Data by a Client, User or Guest or even third party.
The responsibility of VoxSprout can be held only if it is proven that the damage results from its own action. VoxSprout cannot be held responsible for the violation of the hereunder terms and conditions by a Client, User or Guest.
7.1.3 Client's fault
VoxSprout's responsibility cannot be held if, due to the Client, the following occurs:
- Deterioration of the platform hosting the Service;
- Client's, User's or Guest's misuse of the interfaces, omission, carelessness or disrespect of the pre-requisites or advice;
- Disclosure, loss or illegal use of the Access Codes ;
- Client contractor's fault, omission, carelessness on which VoxSprout has no control whatsoever;
- Temporary or permanent interruption of Service resulting from an order of an administrative or judicial authority, or third party notification.
- Partial or total destruction of Client's Data attributable to the Client itself. The Client is warned and encouraged to take out any proper insurance to cover risks related to the damages related to the alteration or the loss of Data.
7.2 Force Majeure
VoxSprout cannot be held liable if the performance of the Contract or any other hereunder obligation incumbent to VoxSprout, is obstructed, limited or impeded due to fire, explosion, network communication breakdown, collapse of hosting facilities, epidemic, earthquake, flood, electricity shortage, war, embargo, statute, order, demand from any government, strike, boycott, loss of services from any of VoxSprout's 3rd party providers or vendors, insolvency, lawsuit, loss of employee(s), loss of any licence or any other circumstance without reasonable VoxSprout's control ("Force majeure case"), then VoxSprout will be free from the performance of its obligations in the limits of the said obstruction, limitation, impediment, likewise, the Client will be freed from its obligations as their performance is obstructed, limited or impeded too. Each party endeavors to limit the occurrence and the effects of such Force Majeure Case and shall proceed with their respective obligations as long as such case disappears. The party affected by a Force Majeure must inform the other by E-mail of the prognostics of duration or termination of such case. If the effects of a Force Majeure case shall last more than 30 days from the notification of it to the other party, the Contract will be automatically terminated when one party asks for it, without any right of indemnification for any of them.
7.3 Enhancements
The compensation VoxSprout may pay in case of a breakdown of a Service originating from a personal fault shall correspond to the personal, direct damage related to the said breakdown, excluding any indirect damage such as, without limitation, loss of sales, loss of profit, loss of customers, damage to the Client's image or reputation, or any other loss of information, Data of any kind.
In any case, all types of damages together, the amount of the compensation VoxSprout may bear is limited to the amount paid by the Client to VoxSprout in the last 12 months before the damage or the amount billed for the VoxSprout's Service for which the responsibility is established, whichever is the lowest pursuant to the provisions of the article 19 "Service Level Agreement", hereunder.
VoxSprout hereby grants to the User, for the whole world, a non-exclusive, limited term, personal, non-assignable license to use the Service for the duration of the Contract, exclusively for its own activity, in the conditions hereunder. All the rights which are not expressly awarded to the Client are reserved to VoxSprout and its partners vested in such right of distribution.
The Client warrants having full rights and title for taking the present Contract. Technically speaking, the Client certifies having the required technical skills to use the Service or, at least, to train itself to be able to use by itself the Services. The Client is obliged to a collaboration duty, having, in particular, to respond promptly to any VoxSprout's request.
The Client acknowledges that the Application cannot work properly if the source code for the content the Client wants to embed in the Application is flawed. VoxSprout cannot be held responsible for that, at any time.
The Client is responsible for all activities taking place from its personal account and he undertakes to comply with any applicable statute, regulation and treaty, national or foreign that may apply in the course of the use of the Service, including on personal data protection, international communication, conduit of information, intellectual property, individual fundamental rights, including third party rights. In particular, the Client undertakes to publish a regular legal notice on the Application, pursuant to article 6 of the French law for "confidence in electronic commerce" (dated June 21st 2004, #2001-575). Moreover, the Client undertakes to take out any necessary insurance next to any notoriously reputable insurance company in order to cover any loss or damage that may occur in the course of Contract.
The Client must:
- Regularly check the E-mail address communicated to VoxSprout ;
- Use the intranet made available for technical matters with VoxSprout;
- Report immediately to VoxSprout any non-authorized use of a password or account or any security breach known or suspected;
- Report immediately to VoxSprout any copy or distribution of content known or suspected to be illegal by the Users and make its utmost to put and end to it; and
- Refrain from usurp somebody else's identity or communicate false identity on its identity to access or use the Service.
The Client undertakes to communicate its accurate mail and postal contact details to VoxSprout.
The Client is uniquely responsible for the use of the password to use the Service.
The Client can only use the Service for its own needs and shall not:
- Make an Application to send unsolicited mail ("spam") or any other big scale mailing breaking the law;
- Send or host illegal Data (obscene, pornographic, threatening, defamatory, or that may target and be harmful to minors or to private life);
- Send or host counterfeiting content, files and even hypertext links enabling to download protected creation on any form it may be, without the authorization of the owner of right or his or her beneficiary ;
- Send or host Data containing virus, computer worms, Trojans or any malevolent software;
- Interfere or impede the integrity or the functioning of the Service or the data related to;
- Try to obtain a non authorized access to the Service or at the related systems and networks.
Certain Service's commercial offers may propose better integration capabilities via an application interface programming (API). The number of API push the Client might execute may be limited.
Fair use
All applications created with one subscription may not make more than a combined total of 150 000 requests per day to the VoxSprout APIs.
Pursuant to article "termination, limitation and suspension of Service", the Client acknowledges that VoxSprout is entitled to limit, restrain, interrupt or suspend the whole or a part of the Service during a minimum of a 5 day period of time or even terminate the Contract, especially in case of disrespect of the warnings sent to the Client by E-mail for spamming. On this particular subject matter, VoxSprout reserves the right to install on its server software tools blocking such acts in case anyone (client or not) has complained about it in writing.
VoxSprout cannot claim any proprietary rights on the Data, information or documents that the Client submits to the Service when using it. The Client is entirely responsible, excluding VoxSprout of the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality and reliability of the intellectual property rights or right of use the Client may have on the Data. VoxSprout cannot be held responsible for the deletion, the correction, the destruction, the damage, the loss or the inappropriate hosting of any Client's Data. If the Client requires it expressly at the time of the termination of the Contract (for any reason other than the breach of the Contract by the Client), VoxSprout will make the Data available within 30 days after such termination. VoxSprout may withhold, remove and/or get rid of the Data, without notice, as soon as the Client violates the Contract, including belated payment. In case of a breach, the Client's right of access and right of use cease immediately and VoxSprout cannot be compelled to host or transmit the Clients' Data wherever it is.
VoxSprout warrants having on his own the integrality of the rights, including intellectual property rights to the technology, content being part of the Service. The Contract hereunder transfers no property rights on the Service and its technology or content to the Client, they shall remain VoxSprout's personal rights. The VoxSprout name, logo and www.voxsprout.com as well as product's names related to the Service are VoxSprout or third parties' trademarks; no grant of license is made to the Client.
In case of a final judgment that may withdraw certain intellectual property rights from VoxSprout (such as templates or graphics or software development tools), at its sole initiative and at its own expense, VoxSprout may propose to the Client any other alternative having equivalent characteristics.
The suggestions, ideas, improvement requests, returns of experience, recommendations or any information the Client or any other third party may formulate about the Service directly benefit VoxSprout who is exclusively entitled of the intellectual property rights that may apply.
VoxSprout makes technical support available to the Client that can be accessed from its account. To be duly taken into account, the Client is informed that any assistance request must be made in writing from the support tool designed for it.
The applicable tariffs for the Services are available online on the site www.VoxSprout.com.
The Services ordered are mentioned in the Order form; the prices are all taxes included and payable in Euro currency, except if stated differently.
VoxSprout reserves the right to modify pricing at any time, as long as the Client is informed by a E-mail or an online warning on www.VoxSprout.com, a month before the new tariffs being less interesting for the Client come into force. In such case, the Client, from the post of such information, will be entitled to terminate the Contract without any penalties. If the Client remains silent, he is purported to have accepted the new tariffs. The pricing modifications apply on all and every ongoing contracts.
VoxSprout reserves the right to apply, without notice, any new tax or tax raise.
VoxSprout's Service are payable at the Order, in advance. The Client has the responsibility of all payments related to the Contract. Except mutual agreement for a delay requested in advance, lack of payment or belated payment will entail without prior notice:
– the immediate payment of all remaining amounts due by the Client for the Contract, whatever the previously agreed means of payment;
– the suspension of all ongoing Service, whatever Service it is about, VoxSprout being entitled to terminate the contract;
– the impossibility to subscribe again or renew the subscription to the Service;
– the application of late payment interests until the day of full payment, based on 3 times the current US Prime rate.
Any claim about billing or the nature of the Service must be made in writing at the address firstname.lastname@example.com within a month after the issue of the Order form.
In the event VoxSprout has to pay collection expenses, it will inform the Client and will charge the Client back on the basis of the corresponding bill. The Client shall then reimburse VoxSprout the exact sum.
The first payment takes place at the latest the 30th calendar day of the free Service trial period.
The Client must pay by credit card or other payment method previously agreed on in writing.
The Service subscribed by the Client is performed as soon as the first payment is made, subject to VoxSprout's verification of the communicated information.
VoxSprout shall acknowledge receipt of the Order and the payment and will inform by E-mail of the performance of the Service ordered.
For any communication between the parties, the date and hour of VoxSprout's server will make proof between the parties. This information is kept during the whole Contract.
Unless VoxSprout specifies differently, the payment is made monthly or annually (depending on the choice made by the Client) and no refund will be made.
In case of inaccuracy of the Client's credit card details, whatever the reason, the Service may be removed and all the Data in the account could be deleted for good. VoxSprout denies any responsibility for the lost Data due to inaccurate Client's banking details.
The Client shall maintain its banking details up to date, especially credit card details. A menu is dedicated to it in the managing interface of the account. It is accessible with username and password.
For any late payment, VoxSprout will charge interests until the day of full payment, based on 10% plus the current US Prime rate as well as collection expenses.
The Service is made available for the duration stated in the Order. VoxSprout may warn the Client by E-mail before the end of the Service.
Depending on the subscription made, the Contract is valid for a fixed one year period of time or a month with tacit renewal for another month being itself renewable for the same period of time at the same conditions.
Any late payment or irregular payment, that is an incorrect or incomplete payment or not mentioning the correct required references, or made by a means of payment non accepted by VoxSprout will be merely ignored and shall provoke the reject of the activation or renewal of the Service.
The Contract is terminated without prior notice, except in tacit renewal cases as stated above. In this last case, the Client must terminate the Contract by sending a letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to the address stated in the legal notice at the latest one month before the term of the Contract.
Each party may terminate the Contract, without notice and right of compensation in case of force majeure lasting more than 30 days. VoxSprout may terminate the Contract, without notice and right of compensation in any case where VoxSprout, its owners, and/or parent company become unable or unwilling to provide services to it's customers, for example but not limited to VoxSprout's 3rd party providers/vendors choose not to or are unable to provide services to VoxSprout, insolvency, lawsuit, loss of employee(s), and any other circumstance where VoxSprout deems itself unable to provide services to it's customers.
The Contract is terminated in case of a breach of the Contract by VoxSprout, not being fixed 7 days from the receipt of a letter with acknowledgment of receipt sent to the address stated in the legal notice. The date of notification of the letter stating the breach will be the date of the postmark, for the first presentation of the letter.
The Contract is terminated without prior notice in case of a breach of the Contract by the Client, from the sending of a letter with acknowledgment of receipt sent to the Client's address.
At any time, VoxSprout may interrupt or suspend the Client's Service if the way the Client use the Service endangers the security or the stability of the platform. A possible, VoxSprout may warn the Client previously.
Besides, VoxSprout reserves the right to interrupt or suspend the Service for a Client violating its obligation pursuant to article 9 "Client's obligations" and especially if the Data infringes third parties' intellectual property rights, violates other people's rights (especially defamation, libel, slander, etc.), private life, public order, or in case of breach of good morals.
If necessary, VoxSprout may interrupt the Service for technical intervention aimed at enhancing or maintaining the Service.
In certain cases VoxSprout may provide a submission service for submission of applications to the Google Play and Apple App Store. VoxSprout, for an addional cost may provide a maximum number of 12 submissions to the stores per the platform, iOS and Android, for customers with annual subscription, 1 submission per month for customers with monthly subscription. If the request of submission of an update to the store is considered unjustified, VoxSprout reserves the right not to complete the sending process.
The Client acknowledges hereby that variation in bandwidth and other unexpected troubles in the Internet networks and/or hosting services may entail a temporary poor quality of VoxSprout's Service.
VoxSprout undertakes the Service to be 99,9% accessible and in working conditions that have a maximum monthly unavailability of 43 minutes 12 seconds per month. Should this availability rate not be completed, VoxSprout undertakes to pay penalties equaling 1% of the monthly amount billed to the Client, for every 60 minutes of unavailability. This penalty doesn't apply in the case of the Client's fault, or a third party's fault, or force majeure.
The amount of the penalties paid by VoxSprout cannot exceed the monthly amount billed to the Client. These penalties compensate for all the damages related to the unavailability.
When the penalty rate occurs for a given month, VoxSprout withdraws it directly from the bill for the next period of time. In case of further installments, the penalty is withdrawn on the bill of the next installment.
The foreseen unavailability for maintenance or any other reason excludes the penalty rate. For this predicted unavailability, VoxSprout informs the Client as follows:
– For over 60mn of interruption, VoxSprout sends a notification by E-mail a minimum of 48 hours before;
– For interruptions inferior to 60mn, VoxSprout posts a notification in the Client's managing interface.
The failure of VoxSprout to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. The Terms of Service constitutes the entire agreement between you and VoxSprout and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements between you and VoxSprout (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of the Terms of Service). If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms of Service invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the other provisions of these Terms of Service with remain in full force and effect.
You acknowledge and agree that you are each waiving the right to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or representative proceeding. Further, more than one person's claims may not be consolidated under any circumstances, in any form of any class or representative proceeding or otherwise.
The Client being a physical person, the User or the Guest acknowledges having a right of access, modification, deletion of his or her personal data by contacting VoxSprout by E-mail in the legal notice.
Personal data is kept as long as legally necessary for judicial proof. VoxSprout won't sell such data to third parties other than commercial partners.
Concerning the Application itself, the Client acknowledges to be informed of Data protection formalities. The Client shall ensure compliance with the provisions of the French law on "Data protection and privacy" of January 1978 amended, and of any subsequent standard that may be enforced. The Client shall undertake to fulfill any steps that may be required to declare data with the French National Data protection and Privacy Committee (CNIL) or any equivalent National body. Generally speaking, the Client undertakes towards the Users, Guests, Authors and more broadly any client, prospects or contact to respect any local regulation and in particular to get prior consent for any distant prospection ("opt-in"), except if stated otherwise by law.
The present general terms, the Order form and conditions and the legal notice form part of the whole Contract excluding any other document, E-mail, correspondence or buyer's general term and conditions the parties may have disclosed before Order. Special provision on the Order form may contradict the general terms and conditions hereby.
Any modification or introduction of new subscription options will be posted on the VoxSprout website or communicated by E-mail to the Client. In such case, the Client may terminate the Contract within 30 days before the new conditions come into force, pursuant to article 16.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold VoxSprout (Pixel Flavor LLC), its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including without limitation reasonable attorney's fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to or use of the Site or the Service; (ii) your violation of these Terms of Service; or (iii) your violation of any third party right, including without limitation any intellectual property right, publicity, confidentiality, property or privacy right by you or your Service.
You expressly understand and agree that VoxSprout shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if VoxSprout has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the Service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the Service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the Service; (v) or any other matter relating to the Service. In no event shall VoxSprout's liability to you exceed the amount actually paid to VoxSprout by you during the preceding 12 months.
24.1 Partial invalidity
Should any provision of this agreement be declared invalid, this will in no way affect the validity of the whole agreement or of another clause. In such case, the parties endeavor to replace the invalid provision by a valid one respecting the spirit and the purpose of the present general terms and conditions.
24.2 Lapsed claims
Any claim for liability against the VoxSprout lapses one (1) month after the event having generated the claim for damages.
24.3 Sub-contracting
VoxSprout may subcontract the performance of all the Services with any other party it chooses.
24.4 Reference
The Client accepts the use of its brand names and logos among the references used to promote VoxSprout's business.
24.5 Titles
The titles of the articles hereby aim at facilitating the reading and are not binding by themselves.
24.6 Disclaimers
Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. VoxSprout EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, RELATING TO THE SITE, SERVICES, CONTENT AND USER SUBMISSIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. VoxSprout does not warrant that (i) the Service will meet your specific requirements, (ii) the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the Service will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the Service will be corrected.
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including its conflicts of law rules, and the United States of America. You agree that any dispute arising from or relating to the subject matter of these Terms of Service shall be governed by the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and Federal courts of New York County, New York.


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Anchorage Building Rental
Thank you for your interest in renting the Airmen building! We offer the most unique and beautiful location in Anchorage centered right on the heart of Lake Hood.
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Our building can accommodate up to 125 guests inside and has room for 100 on the outside deck and dock. It has a cozy, warm atmosphere, wood finish interior, a large corner rock fireplace, heated vinyl flooring, and large open windows to gaze out over Lake Hood. We feature a full kitchen facility, an outdoor deck right on the lake with a beautiful 500ft surrounding dock.
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Rental fees include use of the Airmen building for a six-hour time slot, use of our tables, chairs, full kitchen, outdoor deck and dock, inside and outside stereo system, 90" drop down screen with ceiling projector, and free WiFi. No alcohol permit is needed unless alcohol is being sold.
The Airmen building is located on Lake Hood approximately 8 minutes from downtown & midtown, and 2 minutes from the airport. It's conveniently just off West Northern Lights and Lake Hood Drive.
Airmen Members receive 5% off all building rental fees, and corporate member's receive 10% off! Please get in contact with us about reduced rates for public aviation specific events.
Rental Layouts & Equipment List
Rental Availability
Friday: 2 PM - Midnight (9 AM - 2 PM incur a surcharge)
Saturday: 9 AM - Midnight
Sunday: 9 AM - 11 PM
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Question about NEC Dterm DTP 16D-1 Corded Phone
I need to change the time on the NEC Dterm80.... How do I do this?
Posted by lvanham on
How do I change the time and date on the Dterm80?
how do i set time on nec phone
I pushed the feature button and then 9# and I do not get a prompt to change the time. surilocks
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SOURCE: Change time on nec dterm80 phone
Press the "Speaker" button and enter 728 on the key pad. Then enter the correct time in 24 hour format. For example at 2.56 p.m. type 1456. Then press speaker again and you're done
Posted on Apr 22, 2008
SOURCE: NEC Dterm80- I need to change the date
On the adminstrator's phone (usually ext 100, 101, 110 or 10)
Do not lift handset
Press the FEATURE button
Dial 9#
Enter the hour & minutes (ex:01:25) using the dialpad
Press RECALL button to change AM/PM setting
Press HOLD to change the calendar setting
Press FEATURE button again to save & exit
Hope it works for you
Posted on Nov 05, 2008
SOURCE: Headset for NEC Dterm80
Do a search for a plantronics headset. All of theirs work well with NEC
Posted on Nov 13, 2008
SOURCE: Trying to change the name on the display on the phone
Dial 700>dial your ext #>enter name>press Hold & press Speaker
Posted on Apr 06, 2009
SOURCE: NEC Dterm80 ring tone
To here ring types hit speaker then 711, then 1 for internal rings (select 2 for outside ring selection) then 1-8 the ring type.
To set ring type hit speaker then 720 (follow all the steps above).
Posted on Jul 28, 2009
Tips for a great answer:
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Why don't you join this exciting event?
Oktoberfest is one of the most famous events in the world, it started in Munich, Germany, and is associated with large amounts of beer and traditional German foods. Go to the Harvest Haus Vancouver and German House (Vancouver Alpen Club) and cheer with all of the Oktoberfest fans and enjoy German dishes!!!
- Harvest Haus Vancouver
Date: October 2 – October 5
Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza
Tickets: Starting at $25
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- Oktoberfest at Vancouver Alpen Club
Date: 3rd and 18th, October, 2014
Venue: Alpen Club (4875 Victoria Dr)
Tickets: Starting at $30 per person (includes entrance fee, no reservations) or $80 (VIP includes entrance fee, reserved table, access to Bavaria Lounge, table service, buffet, and a souvenir). Doors will be at 7:30pm each night. Must be 19+.
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Please make sure that students get a good night's rest before rocking the STAAR test. Arrive on-time. Breakfast will be served in the cafeteria for testing students on STAAR days. Our campus will be closed to visitors on May 14-18. You are encouraged to have lunch with your students on Friday, May 11 and Friday, May 18. Testing can be a stressful time for students. Even our non-testing students feel the difference in their change of schedule. Prepare your students and listen to them. Empathize and reassure their confidence. We will be ready!
Please re-schedule any dentist or doctor's appointments that may conflict with the testing dates. We know that things come up, if you know that your scholar will miss a test day, please notify the teacher so that we can make sure that the scholar can make up their STAAR test!
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Two cheers for Clegg's social mobility plan
05 Apr 2011
The government deserves at least one cheer for its focus on social mobility. Today's report - Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers - is strong on analysis and brings together some powerful statistics on the limiting effects of poverty on educational attainment and thus access to better jobs and higher incomes
It perhaps deserves a second cheer for pinpointing the areas where action is needed: early years education, schools, vocational qualifications, and access to universities. There are some (actually rather small) sums set aside for specific projects: the recruitment of an extra 4,200 health visitors, the £110 million Education Endowment Fund to help disadvantaged pupils in under performing schools, and the £150 million National Scholarship Programme.
But there is little here to win a third cheer. The policy plans are simply a list of well-rehearsed and already announced plans, some of which (such as Free Schools and academies) could actually have a negative impact on social mobility if they increase social segregation in schools. So there is a lot on the report about plans to change the school system with Free Schools and Academies, about plans to improve teacher quality, and the introduction of the national curriculum review and the EBac.
The best hopes must rest with the Pupil Premium. But this is being phased in slowly and will not reach its full £2.5 billion until 2014/15. And, while there will be a net gain for some schools' budgets, for many others there be bigger financial losses elsewhere.
Of course, the worrying element is the impact of other policies not highlighted here: the ending of the Educational Maintenance Allowance and the impending rise in university fees. The so-called U-turn on the EMAs was nothing of the sort, as the replacement scheme is much more limited in scope and cost.
As for fees, there are balancing factors (the extension of grants and bursaries and the requirement on universities to push harder on fair access) but the big worry must be that fear of debt will hit hardest amongst those families with the least tradition of going to university. And even where students do continue to apply, many more from lower income families are likely to seek to stay close to home to save money. In many areas of the country, this will seriously limit their options for access to leading universities.
The full report on social mobility is here: download.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/social-mobility/opening-doors-breaking-barriers.pdf
See also the BBC's Mark Easton with his insightful analysis of the government's reliance on 'policy nudge': www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2011/04/big_nudge_no_cash.html


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A BBQ Apron for Dad
Here are three fun ideas for Father's Day that will make that special guy in your life feel like a king!
Personalized Barbecue Apron
- Plain fabric apron
- Fabric paint, or fabric paint pens
- Fabric crayons
- Stencils, or foam stamps
- Paint brushes
1. Wash and dry apron according to directions
2. Plan with your children what they would like to put on the apron. Practicing on paper first is a good idea.
3. Cover your work surface and make sure kids are in old clothes.
4. If you are using fabric paints, allow at least 24 hours for drying time. Dye crayons are easily sealed with a hot iron and do not require drying.
5. When working with younger children, stencils or paint sponges may be helpful, or an adult can draw the picture and the kids can paint it. Simple, large drawings work best. Handprints are always cute.
6. Using a fabric marker write the kids' ages and the year.
Father's Day Throne
Make your dad king for a day with this fun idea from Family Fun
- Lawn chair
- Clamps, tape, or string
- Wire
- Scissors
- Various chair accessories
- Use tape, clamps, or string to attach appropriate accessories, from a shade umbrella to a back scratcher to a cold drink holder.
- Fashion a halo made of wire to hold Dad's favorite hat or crown and attach it to the back of the chair.
Include a bell for Dad to ring for service.
Buttoned Up Father's Day Card
A Special Card for Dad
- Decorative scrapbook paper
- Glue
- Scissors
- To make one, first cut a 4- by 12-inch rectangle from a piece of decorative scrapbook paper and fold it in half to create a double-layer 4- by 6-inch rectangle.
- Form the collar by cutting 2 matching 1-inch-long horizontal slits about 1 inch below the fold.
- Fold over the 2 flaps as shown, then glue them down with a 5-inch-long tie shape cut from another piece of decorative paper glued between them. Glue a pair of small buttons to the collar.
- Once the glue has dried, lift the bottom front of the card and write a Father's Day greeting inside.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
7 Quick Takes
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I'm so glad you had a great time with your friends! And I'm glad your heartburn went away with coconut water.. I would have never thought of that! Thank you for not talking politics because I can't stand it anymore haha! Although I had one that I was thankful this election is over. I generally search YouTube for workout videos and I've even found some great ones on apps for my phone!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oooh apps! Didn't even think about that! I knew someone would have good ideas :).Delete
I'll definitely say a prayer for your sis and her family. And I've been wanting to try coconut water, just because I heard it's delish and hydrating, but knowing it can soothe other ailments is great news, too! I hear it's a nice natural alternative to Gatorade, as well, so maybe that will help motivate you with your workouts! http://blogilates.com has good free workout series. It's a little more focused on appearance, i.e. the bikini body ideal, than I prefer, but the actual routines are fun and solid.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for praying! I have heard, too, that coconut water is better than Gatorade. I will check out that workout series!Delete
Glad you had a fun time with the grad school girls! As far as #2...I hate being cold too...but you should know that being in the cold can speed up your metabolism!! So you'd be getting twice the work out if that's any motivation! :) Still praying for your sister and fam!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for praying! Power is back on!!!!! Twice the work out... that does help!Delete
Unfortunately I had zero advice for the working out thing, I wrote about getting back into a work out routine in my quick takes too! I laughed pretty loud about your another day another dollar! Every day my husband comes home and says another day another dollar, and I say "another day, another no dollar" because of course I make no money:)ReplyDelete
I will be sure to say a prayer for your sister.
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Thank you for the prayers! And I'm glad you got a kick out of my totally non-original series name lol!Delete
I am so excited to hear that coconut water trick...one of my sisters has bad heartburn. Can you walk on your lunch break when it's sunny out?ReplyDeleteReplies
You know, I could and I've seen other people do it, but I normally don't take a lunch break. I just work 30 minutes less. I'm just being lazy because it's totally not cold enough for me to complain about it being cold. The next 4 days will be in the 70's so I have no excuse!Delete
#4: Just put your phone on vibrate and make sure to sit on the end of the row towards the back. If a call comes in, you can just slip out, take it, and come back in. It wouldn't be the first time someone has had to do it and as long as your ringtone isn't blaring during worship, your priest will understand.ReplyDelete
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Yep, that's what I normally do (though I sit more in the middle, but on an end), but I still spend the entire Mass being super anxious about it!Delete
Also, I don't think the priest even notices. But I have totally annoyed people around me who don't get why the phone is on vibrate. Last time I turned it on silent and just stared at it the whole time lol.Delete
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Ayden Jerimiah Carey was born just 6 days ago weighing in at a tiny 7lbs 2oz. He entered this world via c-section at Shands hospital in downtown Jacksonville. I know I say this after every newborn session, but he was the absolute easiest newborn baby I have ever photographed. He snoozed the entire time and only woke up when I tried to make him a nudy-booty! He sports a tiny fro-hawk. He looks like a mini-Jonas brother. What a cutie he's going to be when he grows up!
Enjoy these adorable pictures taken in my studio!
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[quote]Simplified motion - On October 1st all new members become $75 keyholder. Current and returning drop-in members can pay 3 months @ $50 and get a key - new rate effective January 1st. RFID Deadline December 1st.
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Cory was in the other room as a token drop-in member he votes in the affirmative
I can't even afford to pay $50 per month, much less $75.
I joined on the promise of paying $50 per month and getting access to the space between set hours ("with an electronic locking system so I don't have to be here to keep the door open" -Dave), with the promise of 24/7 access granted with a "keyholder" membership at a higher cost. It became clear though after only six months that there was a clear lack of initiative to proceed on this, if not juat so people were not leaving the space because they were fed up with the space being constantly inaccessible outside of Mondays, Wednesdays and perhaps Saturday. While admittedly I was not present at the meeting to voice these concerns I have noted this to others in recent months that going such a direction to a high-cost single tier system might make things easier it negatively impacts members who wish to sign up simply because they cannot afford their own workspace, myself included. $50 is a significant amount to me.
Loitering around outside until a keyholder did make an appearance was only mildly irritating the first few times (Vaughn, Cole and initially Dave do not count in this matter because they have their own lives and thus are not expected to be at the space "just because") but this is something I can neither endorse or stand beside. I'm done.


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I recently returned from the CTIA Super Mobility 2016 event in Las Vegas. As always, the event was well attended with wireless innovation on display both in the exhibit area and in the sessions.
CTIA does a great job of recapping each day on their website, http://www.ctiasupermobility2016.com/.
I was excited to see that both 5G technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) were major topics of discussion. Verizon, with recent acquisition Sensity Systems, discussed how 5G and IoT are perfectly suited to the idea of "smart cities":
Mike Lanman, senior vice president - Enterprise Products and IoT at Verizon, said: "Sensity is a leading provider of IoT solutions for smart communities with a strong ecosystem of partners, and this transaction will accelerate the deployment of large-scale implementations that will drive the digital transformation of cities, universities and venues. Verizon is uniquely positioned through its infrastructure investments at the network, platform and application levels to provide holistic solutions that empower communities to address their most pervasive challenges."
Sensity Chairman and CEO Hugh Martin said: "Rapid urbanization is putting a huge strain on city services globally, coupled with inefficiencies caused by an aging infrastructure that currently supports critical functions, such as fire and emergency services, public transportation, lighting, sewer and sanitation systems. Sensity realized early on that IoT could be the key to breaking out of this dilemma. We have become the leader in the space by creating a visionary smart city IoT platform and forming a powerful ecosystem of technology partners. With Verizon, we look forward to delivering IoT connected systems on a massive scale to change how cities and communities operate around the world."
This session highlighted the role that IoT can play in transforming cities. It is clear that IoT will be a critical technology moving forward. Other sessions discussed new Standards for IoT, including Cat-NB1 and Cat-M1. Cat-NB1, or NB-IoT, is a technology for low data-rate devices of up to 10 kbps using 200 kHz of spectrum. It leverages existing cellular network infrastructure and is useful for maintaining long battery life. Cat-M1 is a related technology for higher data-rate devices up to 1 mbps, using 1.4 MHz of spectrum.
Overall, the event reinforced the critical importance that secure, reliable network infrastructure will play in smart cities, and how critical testing of the infrastructure using tools is to ensuring high reliability. Companies that use testing solutions like those from Valid8 have been able to verify their conformance to standards and performance under load conditions.
Lastly, I was excited to hear that CTIA will merge with GSMA Mobile world congress next year. This combined event can only help with continued innovation and collaboration in the industry!


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Riddle: "Once upon a time, two frogs were sitting on a log in the middle of a lake, and one frog decided to jump off, how many frogs were left sitting on the log?"
Answer: Two frogs.
Why? The same reason only 3% of the population set and actually achieve their goals or maintain positive, well-intentioned change in the first place. The frog missed three critical steps of Achieving his Goal: Ask, Announce, Act (and Ask again).
The frog understood WHY it was a good idea to jump off, because he was an intelligent, high achieving, upwardly mobile frog. He understood there were more opportunities and freedom if he left the comfort of the log. While the frog understood why, and although he did decide … he didn't take action.
What about accountability and following up? Perhaps if the first frog told the second frog he was going to jump off, he would have followed through on his promise and lived happily ever after. Does this story sound familiar? Whoops, wrong story. That's enough about frogs …Now let's make the story relevant.
Leaders and Learning: Which skills are more critical to your success strategic skills or soft skills?
"Almost 50% of newly hired or newly promoted leaders quit or get fired before their 18 month anniversary …" (Hint: The majority of failure is not a result of lack of business savvy or technical skills, but a lack of interpersonal or communication skills.)
… and another statistic:
"The divorce rate in the US is around 50% …" As a marriage counselor for 14 years, I will also bet the reason is the same … lack of effective communication skills by one or both people.
Question: Which is easier for you to achieve: your company's strategic goals or your soft skills or interpersonal goals? "What are 'personal development goals' and why would I, Mr. or Ms. Super Successful CEO need them?" you ask?
Because you don't want to be a statistic.
By lack of interpersonal or soft skills I mean the inability to manage your emotions. You, who growl and snap when your assistant forgets an important detail about a meeting. You, the exhausted Senior VP who feels like you start your day in at a jog and feel like you've run a marathon by the time 8 pm rolls around. You, the up and coming leader who promised your son you'd get home in time to see him play baseball and you missed it again. Yes, you, the human part of the executive equation.
What difference will it make when you have mastered the higher level communication and relationship skills that prevent these conflicts? You understand why personal skill development is important, may have decided to make a change, but are you ready to take action and jump off of the log?
What if you had a simple, 3 step brain-based learning strategy to make lasting, positive changes in your actions, your communication style or your interpersonal skills as easily as you develop and achieve your strategic company objectives for 2012? I said it was simple, I didn't say it would be easy …
AAA: The Triple Threat Solution … 3 Simple Steps: Ask, Announce & Act (Repeat)
Step #1: Ask. Ask others what they see you can improve upon. After all, perception is reality and their perception of how you communicate rather than your perception of how you communicate matters most.
Step #2: Announce. Tell people what you are working on. This not only holds you more accountable for change, it also subconsciously invites people to look for and more likely notice the positive change you will be making.
Step #3: Act. Just do it. Look for opportunities to interrupt an old pattern. Try taking a few deep breaths next time you feel tense going into a meeting (holding our breath triggers Lizard Brain). Instead of saying "No" immediately to an idea proposed in a project meeting, take a moment and respond "Interesting, let's consider that idea."
Then, repeat #1: Ask. Remind others of what you are working on and then check in and ask "How am I doing?" Where are you inviting them to focus? Right. On what you are changing, because otherwise, people may not notice, allowing the negative things you say or do to stand out more automatically.
So, what are your waiting for? Jump!
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Sustainable Leaders create keystone habits that leverage small wins to achieve BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals)
While "SMART goals" have their purpose and place, creating and maintaining new habits is a more effective strategy.
There are many reasons people are reluctant to set goals, and even more reasons why they fail to achieve goals. If this is you, consider these key ingredients:
1. Public accountability – Tell someone, better yet put it in writing AND share it with others!
2. A shorter feedback loop or time-frame (30 days is perfect) with which to adjust course as necessary.
3. 1 Action Step you can take in the next 48 hours is essential to motivate you to continue with the next Action Step (and public accountability for that action is essential, too).
4. Clear Impact: Can you answer the question, "What difference will it make for me, my family, community, organization, customers, etc.) when I achieve the goal?"
5. You have a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious) goal, that involves your team and their public buy in, too!
Start now: Post your BHAG for 2013? If you have one for yourself and one for your organization, post it too!
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WASHINGTON--House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes apologized to committee members Thursday, a Democrat on the panel told reporters, coming the day after Nunes told the public and the President that communications of him and associates may have been collected by intelligence agencies before telling Democratic members of the committee.
Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat , said Nunes apologized at their meeting Thursday morning. Nunes also promised to provide the same information he's viewed to the committee members but did not offer a specific timeline.
Nunes, a member of the Trump's transition team executive committee, set off a stunning new political controversy Wednesday when he headed to the White House to personally brief President Donald Trump on the revelations. Despite being advised against doing so, sources said Nunes met with Republican members of the Intelligence Committee before his news conference, but did not share information with the Democrats on the committee.
Committee Democrats had to force Nunes at the meeting to talk about his announcement, a committee source told CNN. The source said that when the intelligence meeting began, Nunes did not want to bring the issue up -- but Democrats pressed him, leading him to apologize.
Democrats rip Nunes
His apology comes after a day of fierce criticism from Democrats for how Nunes handled the news Wednesday.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi called for an "outside non-partisan commission" to handle the investigation into Russia meddling in the US election last year.
"I think he has demonstrated that there is some question about his respect for the committee," she told reporters Thursday, adding, "I think he sent a signal that as a member of the Trump transition team himself, he probably should not be intricately involved in this investigation."
Pelosi said Nunes was either duped or a "willing stooge" who's committed a stunt.
"I don't know if that was a cry for help, or 'let me out of here,' or whatever that was, but it was highly unusual," she said a a news conference. "Outside, the accepted behavior of a Chairman of an intelligence or any committee."
The ranking member of the House Oversight Committee said Nunes should be the subject of an investigation after telling Trump that communications of him and associates may have been picked up after the election by intelligence agencies conducting surveillance of foreign targets.
"Basically what he has done is he has scuttled and put a cloud over his own investigation and he has become the subject -- he should be -- of an investigation," Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, told CNN's Chris Cuomo Thursday on "New Day." "It's a real problem."
"What he did was basically to go to the President, who is being investigated by the FBI and others and by the intelligence committee, to give them information."
Nunes' Democratic counterpart on the committee -- Rep. Adam Schiff -- warned that his colleague had cast a "profound cloud" over their effort to investigate Russian attempts to interfere in the election.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, who is also a Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Nunes' actions show that an independent commission is needed to investigate Trump and his associates.
However, Swalwell stopped short of calling for Nunes' resignation from being the intelligence chairman.
"He's had some very good days on this committee. Yesterday, so far, was his worst. So let's not judge him by his best day or worst day," the California congressman told Cuomo. "Let's see what he does today when we meet in about an hour."
At least one representative -- Democratic Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. -- did call for Nunes to step down from his position.
Republicans come to Nunes' defense
But at least two House Republicans came to Nunes' defense, saying he could continue to oversee an impartial investigation.
When asked by CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" if he believed Nunes could lead "what's supposed to be an independent investigation," Rep. Jim Jordan said, "I do."
"I think he simply shared with the commander in chief the fact that people in President Trump's transition team had information that was gathered when they were working there in Trump Tower when they were accomplishing their goal of transitioning to our new government," the Ohio Republican continued.
Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Florida, also came to the defense of the House intelligence chairman, calling him a man of "high integrity."
"He's a man of character and high integrity and I haven't had the chance to talk to him," Yoho said on "New Day." "I have a lot of trust and faith in Devin, so he did whatever he did I'm sure for the right reasons."


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There is at least one contradiction in the Bible
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Contradiction - a difference or disagreement between two things which means that both cannot be true.
R1 - Acceptance and intro
I contend that the Bible - properly understood - does not contradict itself once.
Now, the debate resolution does not impose on me the onus of proving the entire Bible accurate. This is unfeasible precisely because there is neither enough time nor space in this online debate format to fulfill such a responsibility. Furthermore, since much of the Bible relies on faith, I cannot prove what cannot yet be verified.
Rather, PRO must satisfactorily show that there is one instance of contradiction in the Bible. I, as CON, will attempt to prove that PRO's instance(s) can be reconciled with the rest of the Bible. This is the burden of proof.
I thank my opponent, PRO, for offering this debate. I hope that PRO will be a reliable adversary, unlike my previous ones.
With my introduction concluded, I await PRO's first argument.
2 Kings 8:26 says, "Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother"s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel." (NKJV)
2 Chronicles 22:2 says, "Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mothers name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri. (NKJV)
These scriptures are describing the same situation and thus the contradiction lies with the age of Ahaziah when he became king. Was he twenty-two or forty-two? When observing the Hebrew for the age in 2 Kings 8:26, the term esriym is used meaning "twenty," but in 2 Chronicles 22:2 the Hebrew is arbaiym meaning "forty" (the Hebrew for "two" is the same in both verses). In describing the same situation, he cannot be both ages.
If we read 2 Kings 8:17 it tells us Ahaziah"s father was thirty-two years old when he became king and reigned eight years, making him forty. It is not possible for the father"s reign to end at age forty and then his son, Ahaziah, to take over being forty-two; this would make him older than his father. The number forty-two cannot be right.
For the same situation two different ages are given, which could not be possible and thus this qualifies as a contradiction.
1. 2 Chronicles 22:2 and 2 Kings 8:26 are different perspectives of the same account.
In lieu of submitting a lengthy explanation, I will offer instead an exhaustive study that I found on the internet:
I found the author's argument to be very convincing of why there is no contradiction.
Basically, the idea is that Ahaziah reigned as a prince at age twenty-two before becoming a full-fledged king at forty-two.
Please read it for yourself, especially the last two pages about accuracy.
Since there are more debate rounds, I will provide more evidence later if demanded by PRO.
Thanks; sorry for my underwhelming participation.
- Mr. Speaker
1. First of all, the writer starts with this comment: "Our rule for Biblical
interpretation must be that the scriptures are without error, and contain no
contradictions " therefore, any seeming contradiction is usually a result of our failure to
perfectly understand" (pg. 1). The issue with this statement is that this writer possesses a hermeneutic that does not allow for contradictions. If you start with a belief that contradictions don"t exist, then even if there is one, you won"t see it. This is important to note however I deal with his main argument below.
2. His main point uses the wrong translation of the Hebrew in 2 Chronicles 22:9. As he says on page 5, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat"" is actually ""He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat"" (ESV). Hebrew uses the same word for both son and grandson, but if you go back to 2 Chronicles 21 it is laid out clearly: Jehoshaphat was father to Jehoram who was father to Ahaziah. That would make Jehoshaphat his grandfather.
3. The writer states that "The surest means for Athaliah to gain power would be through marriage" (page 6). This is speculation that fits his argument. There is nothing to indicate that she in fact did this. Marriage could be used in this way but it is not the only way. He provides no scriptural reference.
4. He again misquotes scripture in trying to make his point, which instead undermines it. 2 Chronicles 22:2 says, ""His mother"s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri." Omri, as he states on page 6, is not her father but her grandfather. Athaliah is literally, not politically, the daughter of Ahab 2 Chronicles 21:6. This undermines where he goes next.
5. He then sets up a false scenario based off of improper translations stating how Athaliah had Ahaziah with Jehoshaphat but then married Jehoshaphat"s other son later, Jehoram, thus making Ahaziah a step-son, and the possibility of Ahaziah being older than Jehoram, who is his step-father (pages 6-7). This is how the writer makes it possible for Ahaziah to be forty two when he starts his reign yet be older than his father (or as he says, step-father). Athaliah is not, as he says, Ahab"s brother but Ahab is her father.
This then leads to the fact that because of the writers improper translation of "father" instead of "grandfather" this cannot be true: "Thus, Ahaziah could have began to reign at twenty-two years of age, not in the sense of being the sole monarch over Judah and reigning from Jerusalem, but probably in the sense of being named the direct successor of Jehoshaphat, as a crowned prince" (page 8). He is not a direct successor nor a crowned prince after his "father" Jehoshaphat because that is his grandfather. His real father Jehoram is next in line.
There are more problems with this but hopefully the point has been made. The rebuttal falls apart because this whole position uses the wrong translation of Scripture to make his point and thus set up a false scenario of how these two Scriptures don"t contradict. I do not see how this reconciles the two Scriptures.
I have been very busy these last three days. I haven't had a time to research and respond.
I apologize for my failure, but I will not forfeit. Please allow me to rebut fully in Round 4.
- Mr. Speaker
Let me also add then the following points against your position.
1. This link also proves the "father" "grandfather" mix up that your position takes. [1]
2. If your position is right, why do the new bible translations of the NIV, NASB, NLT, ESV, etc., change what is blatantly "forty two" in Hebrew to "twenty-two?" If your position is correct, or even some variance of it, they would explain the numerical problem away in the commentary of study bibles (or in other ways). Instead, they change the translation. Thoughts?
[1] http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org...
I congratulate you on your victory, sir. Bravo!
Thanks for a good round.
- Mr. Speaker
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